alias2Symbol {limma} | R Documentation |
Map a set of gene alias names to a set of gene symbols.
alias2Symbol(alias, species = "Hs")
alias |
character vector of gene aliases |
species |
character string specifying the species.
Possible values are "Dm" , "Hs" , "Mm" or "Rn" . |
Aliases are mapped via NCBI Entrez Gene identity numbers using Bioconductor organism packages.
A character vector of gene symbols. May be longer or shorter than the original vector.
Gordon Smyth
if(!require("org.Hs.eg.db")) alias2Symbol(c("PUMA","NOXA"))